Rubber overshoe.



-BATENTED OCT. 8, 1907.

No. 867,882.v

I'. C. HOOD.

RUBBER OVBRSHOE. APPLIQATION FILED A1 n;1o.19o7.

FREDERIO O. HOOD. OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

v minieme ovEnsHoE.

Specification of Letters Patent.`

Tatented Oct. 8, 1907.

Application ned April 10,11907. sinn No. 367,432.'

To all lwhom 'it may concern:4 i

".leit knownthat I, FREDERIC 0.11001), acitizen of the United States, residing at Boston,l Massachusetts,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements 4in Rubber Overshoes, of which the following is a specif'cation'.

My invention relates tov improvements in rubber -overshoes which, while applicable in many respects to all kinds, is particularly useful in connection with over- .'1'0.' shoes of the class ortype known as low cut or sole, rub-I b ers which. will maintain'its fitfupon 'the boot or shoe. until l5 the sole is worn out, which will be ree from 'all liability of breaking or cracking, and which will effectually prevent the entrance of mud o r water'and the like the shoe and rubber.'

Another Aobject is to provide a construction which, 120 i when embodied a low cut or sole rubber, will grip` the sole so firmly as to removeall liability ofaccidental removal,l and which will likewise preventtheentrance .if foreign matter between theshoe and rubber. l

wiih thse and possiblyother objects in view, the' 2o, rnye'ntion comprisesthe` construction vhereinafter de` scribed, and particularly 'set forth in the .appended claims? f The invention is illustrated 'in' the 'accompanying drawings, in 'which:-. i

30' Fig-ure lis aside elevation of'anl overshoe," partly inH .5 i similar view of a modification.l Fig. 4a i's a section on line 4 4 of 4, Fig''is a similarview of another' modification; Fig. ssis'a-seetiontii1ine .fi-5 of Fig. 5.

between In this drawing'I-haveisll'own for convenience only a low -cut or lsole rubber-,1 which, except :is-hereinafter 4 0 specified, may beef ordinary or any desired construction'. In this drawing the numeral 5 designates the'upper and 6 the sole. Y

I prefer to 4make the upper offa frictioned and coated' fabrincixlim'ng 161, an innerl layer of jfrictioned fabric cut en tbe bias, a vreinforcing stripfor frictioned-Lfabric' v 0f suitable width between'S 'and 1'1, as shown iat 9 ,j.and'44 an outer layer of -colnpoupded 7, all ofwliich: is

shown ,detailvin Fig. An upper constructed' this .manner is s'tmngand durable and nottliable to 5 0. crack', breaker becoin'egpernianently stretched no mat l ter liowlon'g :the overshoe 'is'woI'm-and it will maintain of two witnesses.

' its snug fit against the surface of the leather boot or'slloe.

Where thisconstructionis 'embodiedin a-low cutorfsoleA rubber, it ie-sirius however .to `piti/'ide additional dmeansfor the rubber 'upon the-,foot 'ot the.

wearer. A very desirable manner of doing this is by providing la rubber strip l2 having an inwardly projcctingintegralbead or rib 13, the rubber strip having ils' .construction the reinforced fabric ol the upper, whileI affording sulicicnt elasticity to permit the ovcrsb'oc tu Y be readily applied and removed, prevents any permav One object of the invention is toI provide, an overshoei' having a'n upper withV a reinforced or strengthened'edge nent stretching, thus insuring a snug Iii during the entire lifetime ofthe overshoe, while the rubber bead can ried bythe lining and engaging the groove of the solo cidental removal of the overshoe.

Instead of inserting an additionalreinforcement stri p of frictioned fabric, I may accomplish substantially thc same result by folding/or doubling over the upper odge of one of the fabric layers as shown at Min Fig. 4.

I may wish to make the upper part of the shoe very vp'ut the bead nearer the insole in one spot than in an? other.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: 1.y A rubber vovershoe having in connection with the linving thereof reinforcing strip of frictioned vfabric located in proximity to the upper edge of. ,the upper, substan- -tially as described.

2. A rubber overshoe having its upper provided with inner' and outer layers-ot frictoned fabric and a reinforcng strip of frictioned fabric located betweensaid layers and near the upper edge, substantially as described.

3. A rubber overshoe having incorporated in the upper thereof a layer of frictioned fabric, said frictioned fabric havingsn upper edge portion folded upon itself forminga reinforcing strip, substantially as described.

.4. A2 rubber overshoehavng incorporated in the upper 4 th`ere-of, inner .and 'outer layers of frictioned fabric, one

of said' layers being formed of a bias cut fabric, yand a reinforcing strip-located between said layers, snbstan tially'asdescribed.

' 5 A rubber overshoe having .incorporated in the upper -.thereof `inner-and outer layers of' frictoned fabric, said 'outer'. Ala'yerrbeing formed of bias cut fabric and having its upper edgefoldedo've'r and lying between said inner and outer la-yersand forming 9.- reinforcing strip,.-

" 6. A low cut rubber o versho'el havngafabrc lining and a beaded 'rubber strip securedto 'the'nsde face of said fabric lining', substantiallyns described.

In testimony whereof, I-'abr my signature in presence FREDERIC C. HOOD. Witnesses: l

' E. M. SHARP,

" CHARLES W. BAILEY, Jr.

.- low and, therefore, raise the rubber strip, l2, to thc top lll() 

